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- pronunciation:
- rih
fyut
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
refutes, refuting, refuted |
| definition 1: |
to demonstrate the falseness or error of; disprove.
She refuted his argument with some well-documented evidence.- synonyms:
- confute, disprove, rebut
- antonyms:
- prove, verify
- similar words:
- belie, confound, contradict, debunk, discredit, dispute, invalidate, negate, negative
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| definition 2: |
to deny the truth of.
The senator refuted the allegations of wrongdoing that had been made about him.- synonyms:
- deny, repudiate
- similar words:
- contradict, dispute
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| related words: |
contest, controvert, object |
adverb + (v.)refute
completely, conclusively, constantly, convincingly, easily, effectively, either, entirely, explicitly, implicitly, largely, neither, repeatedly, since, strongly, successfully, thereby, thoroughly
(v.)refute
+ noun
accusation,
allegation,
argument,
assertion,
assumption,
belief,
charge,
claim,
complaint,
conclusion,
contention,
criticism,
data,
denial,
description,
dogma,
error,
explanation,
fallacy,
finding,
hypothesis,
idea,
interpretation,
lie,
logic,
myth,
nonsense,
notion,
opponent,
plaintiff,
presumption,
proposition,
prosecution,
racism,
rationale,
report,
rumor,
scenario,
scholar,
scientist,
skeptic,
statement,
stereotype,
suggestion,
testimony,
theory,
thesis,
wisdom,
witness
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| derivations: |
refutable (adj.), refutably (adv.), refutability (n.), refutation (n.) |
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